When You Die, Do You Believe You Just Go Away Somewhere? If So, the Devil Has Sucked You into His Big Lie.

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Only Jesus Christ can save us from our sins.

8 aBe sober-minded; bbe watchful. Your cadversary the devil dprowls around elike a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. 

I Peter 5:8

I hope and pray with all of my heart that you do not believe the insinuation of this title of this posting ("that when you die, you just go away somewhere"), nor any of the other lies that Satan has perpetrated against the human race.  Yes, it is a race- the most highly important race for Life and Death that you and I face.  The devil is always the Liar, and Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior, is our One and only Promise for Life eternal.

Jesus paid the price of sin for us, for each of us.  God cannot have sin, for He is completely Holy, Pure, and Good.  When Adam and Eve believed the first lie of the serpent, Satan, it began the great divide between God and us.  God had told them that they could eat from all of the fruit in the Garden, all of the trees, except the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, for they would surely die.  That was Truth, of course, because God cannot lie.  He is Truth and Love.

"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, ^[6] that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

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For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.

 John 3:17-18

 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him, shall not perish, but live Forever and Ever LIFE with Jesus and other believers in Heaven!

Read the Word of God, The Holy Bible.  There is the absolute Truth about Heaven and Hell. Attend a good, genuine church of our Christian faith and stay if you like the people, the sermons, and ceremonies such as Communion.  If need be, listen to a great church on the radio or on T.V.

Stay close with honest, trusted, and friendly Christians, perhaps in a small group.

You will grow in your faith!

The key to a bona fide Christ-believing church is that JESUS is the focus of the reason for being there.  Make sure that you realize that you must tell the Lord in a prayer that you believe in Him as your Lord and Savior.  That you plan to be in Heaven with Him one day.  Pray for others for the same.  Over time God will show you people in need of Salvation. You could invite them or others who have their Christian faith to join you at church, etc.  A Good Church does good and helpful things in the church for people and for people in the community, perhaps people in far away countries, especially for food, drinkable water, the Word/The Bible.  They need spiritual support and guidance.  A Christian church and its people do aWorld of Good (the world good!) here on Earth through prayer; food for someone sick; giving rides for folks to church; helping a neighbor in need; and so on.

 We are all and each God's children; Jesus Christ made us at the beginning of time, and He has a plan for YOU and YOUR LIFE.

Offspring of our Lord God, the Great Maker and Creator God, blesses you greatly, and remember that once you have accepted Jesus Christ as your Savior, God's Holy Spirit lives within you to teach you, guide you, to help you in countless good ways.

Jesus said, I am the Truth, the Life, and the Way.

Always and Forever in Him, Alone,

Donna

Love Poems to My Precious Daughter, Sarah, Who is Loved by Jesus, & A Salvation Prayer!

Art by Ranu

Oh, my Little One, my Grown Daughter.  I have so many memories of you in our family!  You are very strong-willed, adventurous, very caring about others, so tender.  Just a week or so ago, we were talking on the phone long distance, and your dad was joking with you, saying something about his leg was lagging behind or had gotten hurt, and you would not let it go, and you were COMPLETELY serious in keeping on asking until you were sure that your dad was all right!  Sarah.  Still the same as a child. Both Sarah and Tyler, Sarah's younger brother and our grown son, are always ready to help us!  My husband and I are so blessed, indeed, with our offspring.  Sarah's husband Eric is like our third, albeit the oldest! child (not that his parents would ever approve of our "stealing" him, so we pretend that he is our own born!)  He is an incredible blessing to everyone he loves and befriends, even people he does not know...BIG heart and smart.

Sarah, you are very loving of others...and animals! Wow.  You kept and took care of little froggy, turtle, fish, many kitties- our family's goal in life- dogs and cats and others at the vet where you worked, assisting in surgeries, exams, walking dogs.  One day as an older teenager, you were driving us along a sort-of side street near some shopping areas, and a bird flew right out in front of our car, and the car hit this darling little life.  You were absolutely stricken!  You stopped the car, put it in park, went in front of the car where the birdie lay and from the car, you ran to the birdie, and ever so quickly took it in your hands and brought it into the car.  You were quite stricken that the car and the bird collided. We were fortunately close to the veterinarian's office where you worked.  You sped over, parked, and took the injured bird into the office to get help.  I followed after them.  The dr./helper worked to revive the birdie with Sarah nervously watching.  Our bird friend did not make it, but I told Sarah she had done everything.  It makes me weepy, even now thinking of Sarah's anguish.
Oh, my, what a strong-willed, determined, did I say headstrong? girl you were and are?  Now Sarah is resolute, tempered with the softness of a kitten.

Now that I have told you some of our family stories, there is much more about our daughter, but I need to put the poems I have for the Lord and Sarah.  I hope you enjoy them, and perhaps they will inspire you, Friends.

In His Presence

 Won’t we be softened

By being in the presence

Of our Lord?

 

Won’t we be purer

When we sit at His feet?

 

In His shining countenance,

With loving, outreached arms

For us,

In the fragrance of His Home-

And our new Home, too!

Oh, it will surely be sweeter

Than any earthly fruit could bear!

 

Our clear faces will reflect

Precious Jesus’ smile,

And when we look back at Him,

He will see the love

We were meant to have for Him

In the beginning.

  by Donna McCoy-Harms

Seeing You, Lord!

I can’t wait to

See your face,

Lord.

Your real, exact

Face.

 

Will I fall down

Before you?

Will I let You

Sweep me up

Into your arms?

 

There is not even that question-

Of course, I will allow my Lord and Savior

Jesus Christ to swirl and to twirl me around with His Love!

 

Probably both-

Probably a

Million other

Possibilities.

Whatever- it will be beyond any expectation!!

 Donna- June 19, 2003

A Salvation Prayer

Dearest Friends,

Please say this prayer with me to Jesus, 

Or, you can use one that you 

Feel really comfortable with,

Perhaps A Salvation Prayer in your

Church's hymnal or Bible.

You can put these thoughts into your own

Precious ideas, thoughts, and word-

From your Heart,

To Your Blessed Savior:

Cleansing Your Heart Before Him---

Dear Jesus,

I am awe-inspired by The Holy Bible with

Your stories, goings-on 

and Love for all people.

You forgive us from ANY sins when we

Truly want a clean Heart.

Please tell Him: 

Dear Lord Jesus~!  Please lend me thine ear!

I want to be your child,

And I know that you created ME and

Everything of the Earth and Stars.

You died on the cross, shedding your blood 

for ME and my Life.

I accept You, Jesus, now and forever,

For my beloved Lord and SAVIOR!

I, Donna, want you in my Life 

guiding and directing, helping me!

THANK YOU for loving me so much you died for 

Every single human being, including myself

To be with YOU in Heaven one day,

When you say my time on Earth

Is finished, then I go to Heaven

To be with You and other Believers forever!!!

I love you beyond all expectation, Jesus.

YOU are the ONE and ONLY begotten 

Son of God.

No one else, Jesus.

Amen.

God bless each of you in your walk on Earth and in your belief and acceptance, understanding of Jesus

and the Godhead- God the Father, God in Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit of the Lord!